Portable wardrobe-rack.



W. VOLKHARDT. PORTABLE WARDROBE RACK.

7 APPLICATION FILED 0cT.5.1914.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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PORTABLE WARDROBEARA'GK.

specification of Letters'la'tent.

Application filedflctoberfi, 1914. -Seria1No.865,13,6.

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that 1, WILLIA Vo KHARn'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stapleton, in the county-ofRichmondand State of New York, have invented a;new and useful Portable VVardrobe-Raclr, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to clothes racks,,and aims to provide a portable. Wardrobe or garment rack of novel andnnproved construction.

This invention contemplates the'provision of a wardrobe. rack of unique construction, whereby it may beapplied Within the corners of bed rooms, bath rooms, and the like, in a thoroughly effective manner, for supporting clothes, towels, and the like It is also the object of the present invention, to provide a wardrobe rack, which'may be readily detached from the corner of the room, and folded into a compact relation for enabling the same to be carried conveniently within a trunk, suitcase, or the like.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of.

broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device in folded position for the purpose of storage or transportation.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a pair of bars 1 and 2, which are provided at adjacent ends with hinge butts 3 which are pivoted together, to enable the bars 1 and 2 to be swung at right angles to one another, and also enable the said bars to be swung together, as seen in Fig. 3 when the device is to be folded. Suitable clothes hooks 4 and 5 are pivoted to the adjacent sides of the bars 1 and 2, for supporting articles of wearing apparel, um-

ri-veted' to or otherwise engaged .to the bars 7 PatentedNov. 9,1915.

- brellas and the like. Spurs, or teeth 6 are i v 1 and :2 and project from .the remote sides thereof, the-bar :1 being provided with a tooth-or spur-6 adjacenteach end, 'whilerthe bar 2 providedwithasingle tooth or spur V 1 6 pro ectlng from a point adjacent its free end. The bar 1 is provided at its free end portion with a longitudinalseries 10f apertures 7, while/the freeend of the bar 2 is provided with hinged butts 8.

A diagonal rod 9 is provided, for holding the bar l and 2 in unfolded-or open-post tion, the rod 9 having a hook-shapedibendior.

curved portion 10 at one end which'terminates in an eyeorihinge'd butt 11 pivoted to the hinged butts 8 at the free end of the bar 2, and the rod 9 is provided at its free end with the portion 12 extending on a compound curve, and projecting in the same general direction from the axis of the rod 9, as the portion 10. The portion 12 terminates in a reduced end or nib 13 which is engageable in the apertures 7.

The present rack may be applied in the corners of various rooms, and in applying one Wall of the room at the desired corner and the prongs or teeth 6 forced into the wall. The bar 2 is then swung against the adjacent wall to cause the tooth or spur 6 thereof to take into the said wall, and finally, the diagonal rod 9 is swung into cooperative relation with the bar 1 and has its terminal 13 engaged into one of the apertures 7. By springing the rod 9, and en gaging the end 13 thereof in the innermost aperture 7 possible, the rod 9 will by its tension,'yieldably separate the bars 1 and 2, to'cause them to tightly grip or bind between the walls of the room, and the rack will thus be held firmly in place to support the clothes or other articles. The terminal portions 10 and 12 of the rod 9 will space the body portion of the rod outwardly from the ends of the bars 1 and 2, inorder that a curtain may be supported from the rod 9 to conceal the clothes and to complete the wardrobe. thus an easy matter to provide a wardrobe within the corner of a room, by the application of the present rack to the walls of the said corner, as above indicated. The free end 18 of the rod 9 being engageable in the series of apertures 7, may adjust the bars 1 and 2 for various corners, even when the It is the device, the bar 1 is first placed against walls are not arranged strictlyat right angles to one another, and furthermore, the adjustment aforesaid will enable the bars 1 and 2 to be forced against the walls under tension. The bars 1 and 2 being hinged together may be readily applied 'to the walls and the rod 9 being hinged to the bar 2, may be readily swung into cooperative relation with the bar 1, and furthermore, the present device may be readily detached from the walls by first disengaging the rod 9 from the bar 1, and then successively disengaging the bars 2 and 1 from the walls. The device may then be folded into a compact condition, as suggested in Fig. 8, by first swinging the bars 1 and 2 together, and then swinging the rod 9 against the bar 1 so that the curved portion 10 accommodates the free end of the bar 1, and whereby the angular free portion. 12 of the rod 9 will swing past the hinge of the bars 1 and 2. The device may thus be folded within a small compass, to be conveniently stored or carried within a suitcase, trunk, or the like, and as a result, the

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rack may be carried by'traveling menand the like.

Having thus described the invention, what tioned curved portion ofthe rod will accom- I modate the free end of the first mentioned bar, and the other curved portion of the rod may be swung past thehinge of the bars.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signaturev in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM VOLKHARDT.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR E. HILLYER, G. F. WRIGHT.

Washington, D. G. 

